Mouse on Mars - Spatial Jitter at Kunstbau Lenbachhaus

Mouse on Mars took over the Kunstbau with a sound installation for which they developed a site-specific composition. Working with and responding to the exhibition space, the installation transformed the Kunstbau itself into a gigantic stereophonic acoustic instrument. A rotatable horn loudspeaker pitchforked a sound like a pinball into the 110-yard Kunstbau, where it bounced off the pillars, cants, splinters, gathered back in, and died down. One by one, additional sounds from a virtually inexhaustible repertoire were sent out into the space and modulated. Percussive devices operated by robots interjected analog acoustic accents. The audience experienced the orchestrated unfolding of a dynamic composition in three dimensions. The space and the sounds generated from it clashed and responded to each other, resulting in an acoustic dialogue. A dedicated illumination program was coordinated with the music, seconding the sonic movements and sometimes standing in for them. The installation inten